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67 relations: Anime, Asahi Shimbun, BBC, Cambridge University Press, Cinema of Japan, CNN, Cool Biz campaign, Cool Britannia, Cultural policy, Culture industry, Economy, Electronics industry in Japan, Fiscal year, Foreign Policy, Gackt, Government of Japan, Government spending, Gross National Happiness, Hegemony, Hello Kitty, J-pop, Japan Expo, Japan Today, Japanese architecture, Japanese cuisine, Japanese economic miracle, Japanese idol, Japanese popular culture, Japanese street fashion, Japanese studies, Kawaii, Korean Wave, List of J-pop concerts held outside Asia, Lost Decade (Japan), Maison et Objet, Manga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Monodzukuri, Nation branding, NHK, Oshin, Pokémon, Recession, Soap opera, Social stratification, Soft power, ..., Superpower, Taiwanese Wave, Temple University, The Japan Times, The Journal of Asian Studies, The New York Times, The Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time (magazine), University of California, Berkeley, University of Sydney, World War II, Yomiuri Shimbun, Youth culture, 2000s (decade), 3:AM Magazine. Expand index (17 more) »
Anime
Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.
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Asahi Shimbun
The is one of the five national newspapers in Japan.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
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Cool Biz campaign
The Cool Biz campaign is a Japanese campaign initiated by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment from summer 2005 as a means to help reduce Japanese electricity consumption by limiting the use of air conditioning.
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Cool Britannia
Cool Britannia was a period of increased pride in the culture of the United Kingdom throughout most of the 1990s, inspired by 1960s pop culture.
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Cultural policy
Cultural policy is the government actions, laws and programs that regulate, protect, encourage and financially (or otherwise) support activities related to the arts and creative sectors, such as painting, sculpture, music, dance, literature, and filmmaking, among others and culture, which may involve activities related to language, heritage and diversity.
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Culture industry
The term culture industry (Kulturindustrie) was coined by the critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), and was presented as critical vocabulary in the chapter "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception", of the book Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944), wherein they proposed that popular culture is akin to a factory producing standardized cultural goods—films, radio programmes, magazines, etc.—that are used to manipulate mass society into passivity.
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Economy
An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.
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Electronics industry in Japan
The Japanese electronics industry is the largest consumer electronics industry in the world, though the share of these Japanese companies gradually declined by competition from South Korea, Taiwan and China.
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Fiscal year
A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is the period used by governments for accounting and budget purposes, which vary between countries.
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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is an American news publication, founded in 1970 and focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy.
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Gackt
, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He has been active since 1993, first as the frontman of the short-lived independent band Cains:Feel, and then for the now defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, before starting his solo career in 1999. He has released nine studio albums and, with forty-eight singles released, holds the male soloist record for most top ten consecutive singles in Japanese music history. His single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", released on June 20, 2007, was his first single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts. Besides being established in the modern entertainment industry, Gackt's music has been used as theme songs for video games (Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII), anime films (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam#Compilation movies) and television series. In addition to his music career Gackt has acted in a few films, including a film he wrote, Moon Child, and his international debut Bunraku, and TV series such as the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan. He also performed live in theatre stage plays, one of which was written, composed and directed by him: Moon Saga - Mysteries of Yoshitsune I&II. He also provided the voice samples for Internet Co., Ltd.'s first Vocaloid, Gackpoid.
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Government of Japan
The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy in which the power of the Emperor is limited and is relegated primarily to ceremonial duties.
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Government spending
Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments.
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Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness (also known by the acronym: GNH) is a philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan.
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Hegemony
Hegemony (or) is the political, economic, or military predominance or control of one state over others.
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Hello Kitty
(full name) is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, created by Yuko Shimizu and currently designed by Yuko Yamaguchi.
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J-pop
J-pop (often stylized as J-POP; ジェイポップ jeipoppu; an abbreviation for Japanese pop), natively also known simply as, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s.
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Japan Expo
Japan Expo is a convention on Japanese popular culture—the largest of its kind in the world outside Japan—taking place in Paris, France, although it has branched out into a partnership festival Kultima and expanded to include some European and US pop culture as well.
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Japan Today
Japan Today is an online newspaper based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Japanese architecture
has traditionally been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs.
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Japanese cuisine
Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of social and economic changes.
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Japanese economic miracle
The Japanese economic miracle was Japan's record period of economic growth between the post-World War II era to the end of Cold War.
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Japanese idol
In Japanese pop culture is a term typically used to refer to young manufactured stars/starlets marketed to be admired for their cuteness.
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Japanese popular culture
Japanese popular culture encompasses the modern popular culture of Japan.
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Japanese street fashion
There are many styles of street fashion in Japan, created from a mix of both local and foreign labels.
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Japanese studies
Japanese studies or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe) is a division of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan.
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Kawaii
is the culture of cuteness in Japan.
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Korean Wave
The Korean Wave (a neologism literally meaning "flow of Korea") is the increase in global popularity of South Korean culture since the 1990s.
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List of J-pop concerts held outside Asia
This is a list of J-Pop (Japanese pop, rock, etc.) concerts and live appearances held outside of Asia.
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Lost Decade (Japan)
The is a period of economic stagnation in Japan following the Japanese asset price bubble's collapse in late 1991 and early 1992.
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Maison et Objet
Maison et Objet is a major French trade fair for interior design.
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Manga
are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)
The of Japan is the Cabinet member responsible for Japanese foreign policy and the chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)
The a cabinet ministry in the government of Japan responsible for oversight of the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries.
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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The or METI, is a ministry of the Government of Japan.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
The is a cabinet-level ministry of the Japanese government responsible for the country's foreign relations.
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Monodzukuri
Monodzukuri, also spelled Monozukuri, literally means 'production' or 'making of things' in Japanese and is the Japanese term for 'manufacturing'.
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Nation branding
Nation branding aims to measure, build and manage the reputation of countries (closely related to place branding).
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NHK
is Japan's national public broadcasting organization.
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Oshin
is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which originally aired on NHK from April 4, 1983, to March 31, 1984.
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Pokémon
is a media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, a Japanese consortium between Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures.
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Recession
In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction which results in a general slowdown in economic activity.
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Soap opera
A soap opera or soaper is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction presented in serial format on television, radio and in novels, featuring the lives of many characters and focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama.
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Social stratification
Social stratification is a kind of social differentiation whereby a society groups people into socioeconomic strata, based upon their occupation and income, wealth and social status, or derived power (social and political).
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Soft power
Soft power is the ability to attract and co-opt, rather than by coercion (hard power), which is using force or giving money as a means of persuasion.
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Superpower
Superpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterised by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale.
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Taiwanese Wave
Taiwanese Wave or Tairyu (台流) is a neologism originally coined in Japan to refer to the increase in the popularity of Taiwanese popular culture there (including: actors, dramas, music, fashion, films), and to distinguish it from the Korean Wave co-existing in Japan.
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Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a state-related research university located in the Cecil B. Moore neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.
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The Journal of Asian Studies
The Journal of Asian Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for Asian Studies, covering Asian studies, ranging from history, the arts, social sciences, to philosophy of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.
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University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Yomiuri Shimbun
The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.
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Youth culture
Youth culture is the way adolescents live, and the norms, values, and practices they share.
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2000s (decade)
The 2000s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.
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3:AM Magazine
3:AM Magazine is a literary magazine, which was set up as 3ammagazine.com in April 2000 and is edited from Paris.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Japan
